How are disruptive trends – like the digital revolution, rapid urbanisation and climate change – impacting the surveying profession, and how can we capitalise on them to improve the world around us?
Cities are getting busier, climates are getting hotter and economies are becoming more complex and interconnected.
We explored the impact of these issues on the built and natural environment sectors in our groundbreaking 2015 report, RICS Futures: Our Changing World. Since then, we have engaged extensively with RICS professionals, the clients they serve as well as other industry leaders, to understand how our profession can respond to these issues and create better places to live and work.
Our profession has a compelling opportunity to be a force for positive social impact on these global problems, but we have to take action.
1. Sustainable 21st century practice
2. Adoption of new technology
3. Developing new skills and education reform
Achieving this change will ensure a strong future for our profession, greater confidence in the built and natural environment industry and better places for the communities we serve.
By 2050, 68% of the world’s population will be urban, up from 30% in 1950.
UN World Population Prospects
It is no longer sufficient to embrace innovations and trends that are already underway. To stay ahead, companies must work methodically to sense new possibilities that exist far beyond the digital frontier.
Beyond the Digital Frontier
Deloitte
